Overview
- Film4 schedules the 1976 feature for 4:30pm today, with free ad-supported streaming to follow on Channel 4.
- The film pairs Sean Connery and Audrey Hepburn in a Robin Hood story directed by Richard Lester.
- The ensemble includes Robert Shaw as the Sheriff of Nottingham and Richard Harris as Richard the Lionheart, alongside Nicol Williamson, Denholm Elliott, Ronnie Barker and a young Ian Holm.
- Letterboxd users praise it as Lester's “emotionally affecting masterwork,” with one viewer writing, “I cried 5 times while watching this.”
- Online reviews single out John Williams' score and describe the film as “still a masterpiece,” noting its relative fade from public memory.